In The Huffington Post: A Conversation with LUXE City Guides Founder Grant Thatcher
BY The LUXE Editors
Not Baz Luhrman...
Hello, poppets! Clued-in Claras will already know the story of how LUXE City Guides came to being, but what do you know about the man who started it all? Well darlings, simply point your cursors to The Huffington Post, where you’ll find a fun little Q&A with LUXE Founder and Publishing Editor, Grant Thatcher. What does he chat about exactly? From being mistaken for Baz Luhrman to how the world could do with less of elevator sex in films – you know, the usual. TTFN!
Happy birthday to us!
Dear hearts, can you believe WE ARE 9! Time has literally ka-boomed by! Since our last birthday, we’ve welcomed LUXE Stockholm and LUXE Amsterdam to the family, as well as our brand new babes Little LUXE Hong Kong and Little LUXE Singapore, mobile app LUXE Niseko, a slew of new editions across the board to our print guides and updates to our mobile apps, and there’s plenty more to come. But we wouldn’t be anywhere without our divine Leggy Lovelies the world over who continue to inspire us and keep us on our tip-tapping toes. So, as a huge THANKS to you all, we’re offering a smashing 30% off ALL our guides and box sets – just enter the code LUXEISNINE at checkout to score. The sale ends in 48 hours, so get shopping quicksticks! See, there are advantages to getting older.
From us all at LUXE, Happy birthday everyone! Live, laugh, LUXE!
Hello poppets, ever wondered how Mr. Grant Thatcher, founder and Publishing Editor of LUXE City Guides, came up with the brilliant idea of bringing fun and fabulosity back into travel, and stripping it down to its stylish core? Well, you’re in luck. This week in Reuters’ Business Traveller section, Grant talks about his “lightbulb moment”, and how a “piece of folded card” came to rock the steady boat of travel publishing.
Ever wondered about the man behind LUXE City Guides? Want to see and hear him in action? Well, here he is, Mr. Grant Thatcher , founder and Publishing Editor of your favourite travel guide, interviewed by Richard Quest of Quest Means Business on CNN.
Clued-in Claras who’ve been reading our blog since day one would have already read our very first LUXElife Q&A featuring Grant, and now’s your chance to find out even more about how the magic happens.
For more LUXE goodies (you’re insatiable!) pop over to the LUXE mothership, where you’ll find all sorts of juicy nuggets, including our online store, Hotel & Villa Collection online booking engine, destination reports and mobile app store.
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Calling all belloccios e belloccias!
Fasten your seat belts, LUXE has some molto exciting news for all the Italian-speaking leggy lovelies out there. We’ve teamed up with publishers Guido Tommasi Editore to bring you 20 Italian editions of our super-svelte concertina city guides. From Parigi to Pechino, we’ve got you covered with the best restaurants, shops, bars and spas and none of the faff, all in Italiano.
Zing! Almeta's silk
It started with an email, a witty, but most of all, useful and informative email written by LUXE City Guides’ Publishing Editor, and at that time Bangkok resident, Grant Thatcher. Packed with insider tips on the best places to eat, drink, shop, stay and play in Bangkok, it was saved, used and unendingly forwarded to and from the most stylish travellers in Asia until one day, it found its way back to Grant himself. Ting! Lightbulb moment. Seemingly within two shakes of a lamb’s tail, the very first LUXE City Guide was launched, and now eight years later (to the day), 32 resident editors, hundreds and hundreds of resident contributors, and over a million copies sold, the rest, as they say, is history. Mwaah!
LUXE Bangkok is now in its tenth edition [ed. I have the grey hair to prove it] and so much has changed from our first soi searches. As one of Asia’s top style destis, there’s always something new and fab in the Big Mango, but seeing as we’re stepping down eight years of memory lane, let’s not forget the tried and true places that keep ringing our bell again, and again, having stood the test of time and the loyalty of the city’s influencers. Here are four of a very select group of establishments that never fail to please us, and have been in LUXE Bangkok since day one… Hats off to you, and happy birthday to us!
Purrrr... Hello, gorgeous
Introducing the ultimate luxury travel accessory. To celebrate the Year of The Tiger, Shanghai Tang and LUXE City Guides have launched the stunning limited edition, heirloom White Tiger Chest – the epitome of style for the discerning and sophisticated traveller. Each individually numbered and engraved collector’s box is handmade in maple and ebony veneer marquetry, lined in kumquat silk satin and contains thirty fabulous LUXE City Guides. Go get it, Tiger!
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